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Evolution Of Music
Tunesday: Insect Trust – Declaration Of Independence
A sample of some obscure - and maybe not obscure - tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today's selection: Insect Trust - "Declaration Of Independence" 1968
Today's selection was inspired by several of Jean's poems.
A New York band of sorts, the core of the band to be left for San Francisco in '66, singing for gas and food along the way as the Solip Singers. They gave up heading west, the Solip Singers broke up, and returned to Memphis. The Insect Trust congealed in 1966 in Memphis and bounced back and forth between Memphis and Hoboken. During their "success" time, they fronted for bands such as Santana and the doors but eventually, personnel problems - drugs and business didn't mix well - led to the final breakup in Hoboken.
This cut is from their first, self-titled album. As one critic put it: "The album did nothing, sales-wise ... But what was really remarkable was that, somehow or other, the Insect Trust got a second chance a year later with "Hoboken Saturday Night. After the 2nd release, the band quietly fell apart bit by bit."
Depression
first posted by Jean on June 20, 2008
For those of you who believe - and even those who don't - Jean will need your prayers or best wishes tomorrow. May she return here soon.
Depression
is not
just another bad mood.
it is
day after day after day after day
talking myself out of
dying.
But not today.
Continue reading →Liberals Rage In Idaho
Headline (Gateway Pundit): "Liberals are Raging After Idaho Bar Offers Free Beer for a Month to Anyone Who Helps ICE Identify and Deport Illegal Aliens"
Not that too many care about liberals or illegals. The bar is doing a booming business.
The Old State Saloon in Eagle, Idaho, is offering a whole month of free beer to anyone who assists U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in identifying and deporting illegal immigrants from the state.
The saloon’s bio [also] proudly declares it as the “Birthplace of Heterosexual Awesomeness Month” and sells merchandise with slogans like “Make America Straight Again.”
And, as I drift off topic ...
Eagle being a semi-suburb of Boise; it's also the "richest" per capita city in the state ("city" hereabouts being over 5,000 people). Eagle is considered one of the "bluer" cities in the state (#5) with about 46% voting blue and just over 50% voting red.
There are 34 cities in the state; nine (including Eagle) being in the Boise metro area (or 13 depending on definition of metro area)
Only one city in Idaho has a D majority; Hailey, "home to the stars" near the Sun Valley/Ketchum resort area with 67% blue. Moscow (college town) is #2 with just under 50% blue.
The 10 most conservative cities each have over 75% voting red; #1, Preston, over 85%; the least red, Hailey, only 30%.
Idaho is about 2½ times larger than Indiana with a total population being slightly less than Indianapolis metro, a bit less than ½ being in Boise metro.
ghostsniper better not visit ... unless he brings his family and belongings with him.
For those curious, I meet friends for breakfast every so often near that little bump a bit SE of "Illinois". Boise proper is near that bump on the Indiana/Illinois border.
